Improvement in wringing-machines



PATENT OFFICE.

WHITLEY DENTON, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRlNGlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,519, dated August29, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WHITLEY DENToN, of Amsterdam, in the county ofMontgomery and State of New York, have invented a new and Improvedwringing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machinery for wringing tubularknit or woven goods and it consists in a spreading device of novelconstruction to be used in connection with a roller wringing-machine,whether having one or more sets of rollers for expressing the water fromthe goods, to untwist and spread out the goods as they are fed or drawnin between the rollers, all as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a wringing-machineprovided with my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

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A is a long' frame having two pairs of expressing-rollers, B, and oneset of three rollers, O; also, guiding-plates D E F for passing thegoods1 G (representedin dott-ed lines) through to wring out the water asthey come -from the washingmachine. These tubular goods are frequentlyin long pieces, which become twisted in the washing, and have to beuntwisted and spread out by hand as they are drawn along into themachine, or they will enter between the rollers in folds, knots, andlumps, which materially interfere with the well-doing of the work. Itherefore propose to provide an untwisting and spreading device to savethe expense and labor of an attendant This I do by the employment of abroad plate, H, of zinc or other suitable material, with theroval end Iand the yoke-shaped guiderod K at the front, which extends in advance ofthe-rst set of rollers B nearly to the front of the table, while itextends the other way between the rst set of rollers and nearly to thesecond set, and it is provided with a rib around the edges to preventcutting the goods. In front of the first set it is provided with rollersL-one on the upper and the other on the lower sidewith inclines Mleading from the surface to the sides of the said rollers'most distantfrom said plate. The rollers L act against the front set of rollers B toprevent the dividin g-plate from being drawn through said rollers Bwhile drawing the fabric in, the said fabric being opened at one end asit is presented to the spreader, and drawn along over it, as indicatedby the dotted lines, one side passing over tlre upper side of the plateH and the roller on the upper side, while the other passes under theplate and the lower roller.

Spreaders of different widths will be provided with eachwringing-machine for goods of different widths.

It will be seen that this improved attachment for wringing-machines willuntwist, spread open, and adjust the goods as well or better than itcould be done by the hand of a person constantly attending for thepurpose, thus saving a considerable item of expense.

The construction of the spreader may be varied, of course, within'certain limits without departing from the spirit of my invention. I donot, therefore, limit myself to the precise construction here shown. Thewringing-machine may, ofcourse, have one or more sets of rollers,according to the extent it is desired to express the water; but theapplication of the spreader will be the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A spreader, adapted for untwisting and spreading tubular goods asthey are drawn in between the rollers of a wringing-machine,substantially as herein specied.

2. The combination, with awringing-machine, whether having one or moresets of rollers, of a spreader, substantially as herein specified.

WHITLEY BENTON.

Witnesses:

JNO. K. WARNrcx, MYRON W. REID.

